US Airways plane makes belly landing in Newark

In this image taken from video and provided to WABC TV News by an airport source, emergency personnel spray foam on the fuselage of a US Airways Express commuter plane after it made a belly landing early Saturday at Newark Liberty International Airport.

A US Express Airways plane made a “belly landing” in Newark, N.J. early Saturday morning after one or more landing gear failed to deploy.

Davien Anderson, an airline spokesman, said 31 passengers and three crew members were on board Flight 4560 from Philadelphia, Pa., to Newark. None of them was injured.

Passengers were evacuated and transported to terminal by bus where they received their luggage.

Anderson said the Dash 8 series 100 turboprop airplane, which was operated by Tempe-based US Airways’ wholly owned subsidiary Piedmont Airlines, was not sure if all of the landing gear units failed to deploy or just one of them.

Anderson said instigators with the National Transportation Safety Board were on scene.

Anderson described the landing as a “belly landing” and said there were a lot of sparks, but no fire reported.

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